In article , Rembrandt
Q. Einstein writes
Jim Lesurf wrote in message news:4c1b1311e0jcgl@st-
and.demon.co.uk...

IIRC the system used to send the signals to the transmitter chain is 12/14
bit at 32kHz sampling rate. i.e. nominally poorer in bit depth and sampling
rate than standard CD. Since the results are sometimes superb in my view
this perhaps shows that CD should also be capable of excellent results
given suitable attention along the line.

Slainte,

Jim

Thanks Jim, for your interesting info. So, would I be correct in
assuming that the FM output of the transmitter is generated directly
from the digital distribution signal, without passing through a DAC
first?

If you really want to know, I could e-mail a senior engineer with
Messers Crown Castle who maintain the BBC's transmitters...
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Tony Sayer